Ments



Mar. 27, 1923.

C. W. CARTER MOP Filed July ZO, 1917.

Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

nminosrnres PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE W. CARTER, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN -1 MENTS, TO THE DU-ALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0E CLEVELAND, OHIO, A

COREORA'IION OF OHIO. f

MOP.

Application iledJuly 30, 1917. Serial No. 183,403.

` To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. CARTER, a citizen of "the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to mops and has for its object to provide a fabric carrying member that can be readily reversed to cause either side thereof to face the floor at will.

In carrying out my invention I provide a fabric carrying member pivotally attached to a handle portion in such a manner that the fabric carrying member can be turned about the pivot sufficiently to cause either side of the fabric to rest upon the floor. My improved mop is particularly adapted for use in connection with the mop head which is the subject matter of my patent numbered 1,209,639, dated December 19, 1916. It is, however, not limited to use in connection with said mop head since it is capable of use with other mop heads.

The full objects and yadvantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating the application of my invention, in one form,-

Fig. 1 is a plan view showingthe Inanner in which the mop head is applied to the carrying member. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the manner in which the fabric carrying member can be reversed. Fig. 3

is rear elevational view of the fabric car- Fig. i is Fig. 5 is a rying member and its support. a side elevation of the same.

plan view partly in section showing the mop 40 head completely applied to member.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a handle, the lower end of which isprovided with a bearing 2. This bearing is preferably formed in a shank adapted to be se cured to the handle. The preferred form of shank consists of two metal half portions 3 and 4 formed from a single piece of material folded together to form the bearing 2 and the two portions secured together with rivets at 5, 6 and 7 which pass through both of the half portions. A hole 8 is provided in the shank t'o aidL in securing the same to the handle. The particular construction of the shank is not the carrying f ried thereon.

'claimed in this application. It is obvious that a bearing similar to the bearing 2 can `be formed on the end of the handle in any desired manner.

' The fabric carrying member is formed from rod-like material and consists of a curved member 9 terminating in two offset portions 1G and 11 which are connected at their inner ends by a portion 12 which is mounted n the bearing 2, as best shown in Fig. 5. The off-set portions 10 and 11 are of such length as to bring the portion 12 at substantially the center of the curved member 9 and the length of the portion l2 is just sufficient to extend through the bearing 2 without binding upon the ends of the same. As a result of this construction the handle is pivotally attached to the fabric carrying member at substantially the center thereof and'said member can be rotated around the bearing 2 through nearly three hundred and sixty degrees, if desired. When the mop is lifted and held in the `hand a rotation of one hundred eighty degrees is suliicient to cause the fabric carrying member to be reversed. This member can, however, be readily reversed in the manner shown in Fig. 2 by turning the handle half way over, whereupon a slight end-wise thrust exerted upon the handle willl cause said member to turn lin bearing 2 and bring the other side of the fabric over upon the floor. ln my preferred construction, one of the off-set members, for instance the member 10, is left unattached to the corresponding end of the curved member 9, the latter end being displaced out ofthe plane of the olf-set portions, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4L. A mop head 13, such as that of my patent previously referred to, can be readily mounted on the curved member by inserting the unattached end thereof in the core of said mop head and sliding the same along upon the curved member until the entire mop head is car- After this has been done I prefer to secure together the disconnected ends of the curved and olf-set members, as by welding, in order that the mop fabric may be held firmly in place.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing description. The mop head can be readily reversed in the manner described. No matthe application of Jforce on the handle is always approximately at the center of the mop head. The mop can be used, it desired.y bj a person standing; in a fixed position and swinging' the mop back and forth since the pivotal connection permits the mop fabric te remain Hat upon the floor regardless of the inclination o1 the handle.

l claim:

l. A mop comprising a mop-fabric supporting` frame having` a radially disposed U-shaped yoke extending inwardly and terminetings,r substantially at the center of Said frame. a handle pivotally connected to the central portion of said yoke and a mop fabric through which the frame extends centrally thereof whereby the fabric is the same on both sides of the frame.

2. A mop comprising` a frame7 mop fabric mounted on said frame, a U-shaped yoke extendingY radially inward from a point in said iframe toward the center thereof, and a handle pivotally connected to the central portion of said yoke, the frame extendingcentrally through the fabric whereby it projects uniformly therefrom in all directions.

In testimony whereof l alii); my signature.

CLARENCE W. CARTER. 

